Joel Ruiz

Name: Joel Ruiz
Native name: Joel Ruiz
Nationality: Filipino
Gender: Male

Joel Ruiz is a filmmaker and director of television commercials. He has a degree in AB Communications from the De La Salle University. Ruiz has written, directed and produced a number of critically acclaimed films, the last one being “Kung Paano Siya Nawala” (2018) which hit number 1 on Netflix. He has also been making commercials of all types for more than a decade.

His unique style of marrying narrative storytelling with advertising has been used to great effect in his projects for UxS, such as the wildly popular viral Jollibee commercials “Crush” and “Perfect Pairs”, and the award-winning Alaska ad “First Christmas”. Ruiz is also an expert food and celebrity director. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2019	Mga Mata sa Dilim	Movie	8.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2018	How She Left Me	Movie	7.3
2008	Other Families	Movie	10.0
2008	Baby Angelo	Movie	10.0
2005	Mansyon	Movie	10.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2006	Putot	Movie	10.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2019	Write about Love Filipino Movie, 2019, Doctor (Bit part)	Doctor Bit part	7.1
2005	Big Time Filipino Movie, 2005, Joel [The Survivor] (Unknown)	Joel [The Survivor] Unknown	7.4

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2018	Homecoming	Special	7.4

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